Non-refillable bottle.



PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905.

A, V. WESTERLUND.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 26. 1904.

V 7 J fi l J JF INVENTOB ATTORNEY WITNESSES. ogz 1 iTEp STATES Batented February 28, 1905.

PATENT OEEIcE.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,491, dated February 28, 1905.

Application filed May 26, 1904:- Serial No. 209,881.

To (r/Z'Z Lu/M1722 711 Duty concern.-

Be it known that I, AUeUsT V. W'ns'rnn- LUND, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, New York city, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of the improvements in construction and arrangements of devices hereinafter described whereby it is designed to provide more effective apparatus to prevent refilling bottles, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section of the upper part of a bottle provided with my improved apparatus, showing the normal conditions. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same inverted, showing the conditions when pouring out oi the bottle. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the exterior tube of the apparatus.

A represents the neck of the bottle.

(0 and a represent a tube of smaller diameter than the interior of the neck and which is firmly set in the neck of the bottle near its base by means of cork, cement, or other suitable :tastening substance I), said tube reaching nearly to the top of the neck of the bottle and being tapered in the upper part a. Near the lower end of the part ct of said tube is a valveseat 0, whereon a ball-valve (Z is seated. At a point a little above valve (i when resting on its seat are ports a through the shell of the part a of the tube, and there are two oppositely-placed vertical slots f extending from two of the ports a, or thereabout, about to the upper end of the cylindrical part a of said tube.

The upper end of the tube a a is closed by a cover 9, having a flange projection It of larger diameter than the tube for a guard against the use of instruments for opening the valve. Surrounding the cylindrical part a of the tube is a sliding-valve tube 15, reaching from a point a little below the ports a to a suitable distance above said ports, through which from one side to the other and through the slots f a rod j extends, said rod being preferably curved upward between the two sides of part a about on the radius of the ballvalve (Z to form a seat for it when the bottle is inverted. Over the rod j is a ball-weight t, which rests on said rod when the bottle is upright and rolls along part a of said tube a a when the bottle is held level, its purpose being to acquire momentum to shock valve 1? and close it when it may be attempted to float in a quantity of liquid past the open valve in the level position. The valve-tube 1i carries on its exterior a cup-flange K: below rod j to [ill with inflowing liquor to weight and aid in closing the valve A guard-tube on. to obstruct the use oi instruments surrounds the above -'described parts, with some space between it and tube (0 rt for free outflow of liquid. It is seated by an inner flange a of its. lower end .on the top of the packing I) and has spring-cli1:)s u engaging under an inner ledge p of the bottleneck to prevent it from being pulled out. At (1 said guard-tube has an annular offset to rest on an inner annular seat 0' of the bottle-neck to prevent said tube irom being forced into the bottle-neck too deeply, and at the top it has an inwardly-projecting flange s for obstructing the use of instruments. Inside of said guardtube at is a flange projecting upwardly from said offset to catch the points of instruments inserted from the top for opening the valve and obstruct their use, and below the annular bulge a at the upper end of said guardtube is another upwardly-projecting flange for the same purpose.

What I claim as my invention is 1. Ina non-refillable bottle, the combination of an inner tube consisting of a lower cylindrical part and upper tapered part and having a valve-seat near the lower end, also ports and guide-slots above said seat, and a closed and flanged top, and being secured below said parts in the neck of the bottle near its base; a tubular valve sliding on the cylindrical part of said tube to control the ports, and having a rod extending through the slots of said tube, a ball-valve cooperating with the said valve-seat, a ball in the taper part 01 the tube above the said rod, and an exterior guardtube. v

2. In a non-refillable bottle, the cornbination of an inner tube consisting of a lower cyball-valve cooperating With the said valve- 10 seat, a ball in the taper part of the tube above said rod, and an exterior guard-tube.

Signed at New York this 16th day of May,

AUGUST V. WESTERLUND. Witnesses:

G. SEDGWIGK, J. M. HOWARD. 

